After a Battle of the Evening Efficiency in opposition to Dustin Poirier at UFC 281, Michael Chandler made it recognized that he’s on the lookout for a “BMF” title battle with the UFC’s first and solely BMF champ Jorge Masvidal. For Chandler, the Poirier battle alongside together with his spotlight reel KO win over Tony Ferguson makes him worthy of a shot at Masvidal’s belt.
“You inform me who the BMF is, you inform me who the fan… if we did a ballot proper now, who’s the baddest mom fudger within the UFC?” Chandler mentioned. “Inform me that wouldn’t get the juices flowing of the complete blended martial arts world.
“Michael Chandler vs Jorge Masvidal for the BMF belt. The Rock strolling in with it over his shoulder after which handing it to me after quarter-hour.”
‘Gamebred’ has now responded to the concept in a current dialog with MMA Preventing. Lengthy story quick, he’s not liking it.
“Michael Chandler’s a quitter, man. That’s like the very first thing to being a BMF. I noticed him battle my boy Will Brooks, and Will Brooks hit that motherf–r so laborious he simply stop in the course of the [fight]. He turned again, shook his head, and was like, ‘Nah, I’m achieved combating.’
“BMF my ass. That’s the primary rule of being a BMF—you possibly can’t be a quitter. You would possibly lose, however you possibly can’t surrender on your self. You may’t stop. That dialog for the BMF belt? No, it ain’t occurring. C’mon Chandler: I do know you don’t have a very good notion of the world, however that’s not occurring.”
Chandler misplaced to Poirier in a wild battle that noticed followers thrilled by each males contained in the Octagon. However Masvidal doesn’t appear particularly impressed. For him, a battle with Chandler doesn’t do something for his present standing.
“That battle doesn’t do something for me within the 170-pound rankings, or [getting to] the belt. If he comes as much as the load class and I hit up with a jab, and he turns into mud—he disintegrates, like a kind of outdated statues that disintegrate to mud— what persons are going to say? They’ll say, ‘Yeah, you’re supposed [to do that].’
“However let it’s a bit little bit of a battle or something like that. I don’t see any risk-reward with this battle. Me killing this man doesn’t do something for me, or my profession, so I actually don’t care about it.
“He’s probably not a pay-per-view vendor both. I’m not saying I received’t entertain it sooner or later, however to really say there can be a complete occasion [built around] it, or no matter he’s plotting in his head? Nah, most likely not, bro.”
Masvidal (35-16) hasn’t seen motion since his UFC 272 grudge match with Colby Covington, which he misplaced to rack up three straight defeats. He’s additionally coping with assault expenses after allegedly attacking Covington exterior a Miami steakhouse in March. He’s set to seem in court docket on December 5.
